PLAINFIELD TWP., Pa. – The next step in the years-long back-and-forth between a landfill that wants to expand and the community that surrounds it could happen tonight. The Plainfield Township Board of ...

A study by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found the liquid runoff from Pennsylvania landfills that take solid oil and gas waste poses no “significant” threat to the public ...

SCITUATE – Hope Elementary School students are using sustainable methods of waste-sorting in their cafeteria to achieve an 84-percent reduction in cafeteria waste sent to the landfill. On March 6, ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Steelfield Road Landfill receives more than one million pounds of waste per day, according to Bay County’s Solid Waste Division. In fiscal year 2025, the county ...

A Wyoming landfill claims to be the first in the nation to divert hazardous e-waste using a process designed to safely break it down while recovering valuable materials. The Rock Springs landfill in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A Wyoming landfill claims to be the first in the nation to divert hazardous e-waste using a process designed ...

A decade ago, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection published a study on radioactivity in the oil and gas industry, motivated by fears that increasing volumes of toxic fracking waste ...

Since joining the EU in 2007, Romanians might’ve expected the country to have cleaned up its waste management practices by now. Yet it still relies on landfills, ranks last in recycling rates, and is ...

JAKARTA – At least five people died and four went missing when a massive landslide tore through Bantar Gebang, Indonesia’s largest landfill, following hours of heavy rain on Sunday, exposing the ...

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The Rock Springs landfill in Wyoming uses pyrolysis technology to process electronic waste, potentially transforming how communities handle hazardous trash. According to SweetwaterNOW, the landfill ...

A landfill 90 miles outside London is using methane from its waste to generate electricity and grow sustainable produce—even during the cold English winters. With the new approach to food production, ...